Abbey Lincoln

Singer, songwriter, actress, civil rights activist

Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known by her stage name Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress, who wrote and performed her own compositions. She was a civil rights advocate during the 1960s. Wikipedia

A Spike Lee joint.

In 2003, she received the National Endowment for the Arts NEA Jazz Masters Award

Abbey Lincoln appeared in the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It, for which she famously wore a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in Gentleman Prefer Blondes and interpreted the theme song, working with Benny Carter.

NEW YORK – Abbey Lincoln, a jazz singer and songwriter known for her phrasing, emotion and uncompromising style, died Saturday in New York at age 80.She had been declining in health for the past year. Her death was confirmed by friend and filmmaker Carol Friedman, who has been working on a documentary on Lincoln's life.Lincoln made records and acted in films in the 1950s and '60s, then saw her career surge again in the 1990s when she found new voice as a songwriter.Over her long career, Lincoln acted with Sidney Poitier and collaborated in music... Read More

APPosted: 2008-03-19 13:00:47CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 19) - Actor Ivan Dixon, who brought the problems and promise of contemporary blacks to life in the film "Nothing But a Man" and portrayed the levelheaded POW Kinchloe in TV`s "Hogan`s Heroes," has died. He was 76.Dixon died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte after a hemorrhage, said his daughter, Doris Nomathande Dixon of Charlotte. He had suffered complications from kidney failure, she said.Dixon, who also directed scores of television shows, began his acting career in the late... Read More

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